The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-02-09

quite complimentary to the whole com
pany, they did so well.
Mr.. Kennedy, stage manager and gen.
| eral utility man, prompter and all else,
acquitted himself admirably. and with
more stage acting experience would
make a good melo-dramatic and society
play actor. MIR. George Fish, as the pa
/ rent Of the heroine, was well up in his
! work, natural and quite fatherly. Mrs.
\ Thorne, as Martha, was much more nat
/ uraI and had less mannerism than any
amateur we have seen in many a day.
/ Mr.. Thorne, as the genteel william, was
an excellenI Dundreary, woman catcher
and Pail Mall modern Lord or Sir. The
gentlemen actors. all of them. did well,
the Irishman 1--WE forget his real name)
| especially, with his traditional fiery red
vest and ever present and cunning ser
want tricks.
As to- the ladies all and singular, they
quite surprised me, an old dramatic
critic and teacher of elOCutiOn. Mrs.
Hotchkin, the female hard case of the
piece did admirably, especially under
most trying circumstances of sickness in
her family. Valerian Miss Kate Hotch-
kim had quiet part. but the young lady
rendered her part finely, and would he
an excellent walking lady lady as the
beginning of successful histrIOnic ca
reer.
Bryant's Hall, former store fitted up
by and for the company, looked quite
well for n small town in a country place,
hut rather locke like one of the historic
barn arrangements so often told of, by
old English and American actors in their
early experiences. Ii was i'll great
deal worse place, however, that the
Drury Lane manager engaged the great
Edmund Kean, to whom he promised to
give one guinea per week. But Kean so
thrilled his audiences and the Whole city
of London, that the great tragedian got
ten times that amount before a month
had passed. did you see Lord POnsOn-
by clap / is hands and applaud so vigor
ously:" said one of Kean's friends to him
after one of hisperfOrmances. "D-n
Lord POnsonby," exclaimed the now
proud actor, did you see how the pit rose
and shouted their APPROVAL
But qudHttm Spt. of tneatrIcals.
We met quite an excursion party OF
Welakans on the Sylvan Glen on Monday
afternoon Mr.. and Mrs. Mcclure, of the
Mcclure House, and the noble little lady,
relict of the late honored David Mcclure,
Mrs. Broad and her family, but not X. j.,
who is always full of business, Mr.. and
Mrs. Walford Il may have made a mes ;
of that name), Mr.. Rey nolds, MIR. and
host of little ones, all bent on a good time,
and they had it if merry, ringing laugh
ter and joyous smiles Indicate anything.
Quite little joke happened to Rev.
DIR. Robinson on the boat, To wit Avail
ing himself of the clergy mans privilege
of half fares on public conveyances. he
present, his money and request to the
| purser. With a merry twinkle IN the
purser's eye he asked, Can my one
III Mr. Tor.
| shouted IKE Doctor to Mr. =. U. Ham
mOnd. of THE News. you can identify
me- Z" Certainly said Mr.. Hammond.
Then father and son Mr.. Hammond. Jr
was the purser. and personally knew the
Doctor, with others. and the Doctor
himself, had a good laugh over the little
! joke. But the Doctor the Welakans
said, has to give an entertainment in
Breads Hall, Welaka, on Friday night
of this week, and we &Ill make amends
for his want. at first, Of Identification on
| the Sylvan Glen. NOT BUCKEYE.